Paternity Fraud CasePhilippines

Bacolod Regional Trial Court Judge Ray Alan Drilon has annulled the marriage
of a Negrense couple after a DNA test showed that the child borne by the
wife was not the biological offspring of the husband who works abroad.

The family court judge ruled that the marriage of the couple, whose names
are being withheld by the DAILY STAR on the request of the court, was null
and void.

Due to fraud committed by the wife in getting her overseas worker husband
to marry her, properties acquired during their marriage are awarded in favor
of the husband, the judge said in his decision, a copy of which was furnished
the DAILY STAR yesterday.

The judge also declared that since the overseas worker is not the biological,
much less the legitimate father of the child of the woman, the Civil Registrar
is ordered to change the surname of the child to the mother’s maiden name
and remove the name of the plaintiff as father of the child.
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Paternity FraudSpain
Supreme Court

Adulterous woman ordered to pay husband £177,000
in 'moral damages'

The Daily Mail, UK18th February 2009

An adulterous Spanish woman who conceived three children with her lover
has been ordered to pay £177,000 in 'moral damages' to her husband.

The cuckolded man had believed that the three children were his until
a DNA test eventually proved they were fathered by another man.

The husband, who along with the other man cannot be named for legal reasons
to protect the children's identities, suspected his second wife may
have been unfaithful in 2001. More..

Paternity Fraud & the Criminal Code of Canada

Paternity fraud: Is it or should it be a criminal offence under the Criminal Code of Canada?

Fathers demand mandatory paternity testing

The Australian, Patricia Karvelas, February 16, 2011

CanadianCRC editor's commentary:

In Canada, all newborn children are
tested, at government expense, for 30+ medical conditions right after
birth. The Canadian CRC advocates that mandatory DNA paternity testing be
done. Doing so means that mother will know that they will be found
out and children will be protected from paternity fraud. Children will
be saved from the damage of learning that the man purported to be their
father is, actually isn't their father. See the full reasons why mandatory
paternity testing would benefit children.

A men's rights group has
called for mandatory paternity testing of all babies after government
figures revealed almost 600 instances of men compelled to financially
support children they did not father.

Since changes to child support laws four years ago, there had been 586 cases of men successfully using
DNA testing to show they were not biologically related to children
they had been financially supporting, the federal government has
revealed to The Australian.

In the overwhelming majority of these cases, the courts have not forced mothers to pay back the money they
have received.

Of the 586 cases, only 74 mothers have been told to
pay back the money. Those reparations total in excess of $533,000.

The figures, from the government's Child Support Agency, prompted Men's
Rights Agency director Sue Price to call for mandatory DNA testing at
birth.

"Quite a lot of them (the men) don't get their money back,"
she said. "The mothers aren't working anyway, so there's no way of getting the money back."

The figures are likely to renew a fierce
debate over the use of DNA to determine biological parentage after birth.

Sole Parents Union president Kathleen Swinbourne told The
Australian that the 2007 law change that led to the explosion in DNA testing was hurting children who were being told their fathers did not
want to continue playing the role of parent. She urged uncertain
fathers to seek testing during the pregnancy.

"We think there is more
to being a father than DNA," she said. "If men are asking for these
tests right at the beginning when someone says they are pregnant,
that's fine, but if you are doing this when they are already calling you
daddy, what effect does that have on the child?

"If you have
accepted that you are their father, should you be allowed to turn around
and change your mind based on biology?"

She suggested men make
inquiries early to ensure children do not become traumatised by the DNA
checking process.

"If you're in doubt, check it early," she said.
"Take it out on your ex, don't take it out on your children."

Ms Price said she believed that up to 30 per cent of men who had
a test found they were not the father.

"I think there should be
mandatory testing at birth of every child to stop this happening," she
said.

"People have affairs -- that happens -- but it's your
obligation to find out who the father is."

A spokesman for Human Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said it was important that the
children of separated parents were supported, both financially and
emotionally.

"The Family Court adjudicates in disputes over who the
actual parents are," he said.

"The Child Support Agency simply facilitates payments in the minority of cases where parents can't come
to private arrangements."

Paternity Fraud CasePhilippines

Bacolod Regional Trial Court Judge Ray Alan Drilon has annulled the marriage
of a Negrense couple after a DNA test showed that the child borne by the
wife was not the biological offspring of the husband who works abroad.

The family court judge ruled that the marriage of the couple, whose names
are being withheld by the DAILY STAR on the request of the court, was null
and void.

Due to fraud committed by the wife in getting her overseas worker husband
to marry her, properties acquired during their marriage are awarded in favor
of the husband, the judge said in his decision, a copy of which was furnished
the DAILY STAR yesterday.

The judge also declared that since the overseas worker is not the biological,
much less the legitimate father of the child of the woman, the Civil Registrar
is ordered to change the surname of the child to the mother’s maiden name
and remove the name of the plaintiff as father of the child.
More..

Paternity FraudSpain
Supreme Court

Adulterous woman ordered to pay husband £177,000
in 'moral damages'

The Daily Mail, UK18th February 2009

An adulterous Spanish woman who conceived three children with her lover
has been ordered to pay £177,000 in 'moral damages' to her husband.

The cuckolded man had believed that the three children were his until
a DNA test eventually proved they were fathered by another man.

The husband, who along with the other man cannot be named for legal reasons
to protect the children's identities, suspected his second wife may
have been unfaithful in 2001. More..

New Brunswick woman ruled responsible in burning
of baby's body

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. — A New Brunswick judge says a woman who burned and
dismembered her newborn son is criminally responsible for her actions.

Becky Sue Morrow earlier pleaded guilty to offering an indignity to a
dead body and disposing of a newborn with the intent of concealing a delivery.

Judge David Walker ruled Friday that the 27-year-old woman may have been
suffering from a mental disorder when she delivered the baby but that that
was not the case when the baby's body was burned and its remains hidden.

It is not known if the baby was alive at the time of birth.

At a hearing last month, the court heard contrasting reports from the
two psychiatrists. One said Ms. Morrow was in a “disassociated” mental state
when the crime occurred. The other said she clearly planned her actions
and understood the consequences.
More..